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Alpha and Omega Living as Spirit and Absolute Truth, as Sons of God-

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Christ or Christ-nature or Son of God: This refers to the Word being made flesh as humanity's Messiah1. It is the state or nature of full spiritual enlightenment, divinity and holiness- which is the nature of a person bestowed with God’s Spirit and Absolute Truth and Righteousness

A person who unceasingly desires nothing but to be the “Desire of the Spirit” attains Christ. God fully reveals and expresses Himself through Christ- through the “perfect” man. As Christ, we are fully aware and certain of our divine nature. Through this self-awareness, absolute truth seals our faith. Therefore, what makes us right with God is the nature of being absolutely dependent on God and persistently desiring to live as He wills. This is the essence of Faith in God. True Faith must lead to our being fully expressed as Christ! Absolute Truth refers to: 1) one’s absolute certainty of possessing the Christ-nature, and 2) being fully expressed as Christ.

June 18, 20141Messiah(orSavior)doesnotrefertoanyparticularprophet.Itreferstothenewdivinestate(theChrist-nature)ofhumanity’sexistenceorrealization of the Word- i.e. renewed humanity-- or to ‘new wine’pouredinto‘newwineskins’.Acts3:19-23-Repent,then,andturntoGod,sothatyoursinsmaybewipedout,thattimesofrefreshingmaycomefromtheLord,andthatHemaysendtheMessiah,who(that)hasbeenappointedforyou—evenJesus.Heavenmustreceive(him)untilthetimecomesforGodtorestoreeverything,ashepromisedlongagothroughhisholyprophets.ForMosessaid, ‘Godwill raiseupforyouaprophetlikemefromamongyourownpeople;youmustlistentoeverything he tells you. Anyone who does not listen to him will becompletelycutofffromtheirpeople.’

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Birth- FAITH- Path- DEATH- Rebirth- TRUTH- Earth

This book conveys messages on our spiritual enlightenment- covering the seven stages of divinity: Birth- Faith- Path- Death- Rebirth- Truth- Earth. It also presents Expressions of Truth from Key Parables of the first Christ, which relate to the central messages contained herein.

The messages relate to the Way, the Truth and the Life. They are the Word divinely spoken to each person. Whoever seeks God’s truth must take in and reflect on every Word with full dependence on the presence, spiritual revelation, and guidance of God- that is, God’s Grace! One must humbly submit himself to God’s Will. This book was written to initiate the multiplication of Christ in this world in this very period. By these Words, many shall understand the essence of faith-to-truth, of living as Spirit and Truth and becoming Christ. However, many will remain deaf and unmoved, despite the offering of flesh and blood (Christ).

Each reader’s own experiences, encounters and reflections will be unique- May you be divinely compelled to express these in the Spirit and Truth.

Broad Reflections on the Seven Stages of Divinity

Man’s natural BIRTH brings into this world ‘self in the flesh’. This mortal flesh has the opportunity to possess Christ. We all eventually have to make a critical choice- that is whether or not we would acknowledge that there is a governing universally

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omnipotent God. Whoever abides in God lives a life of FAITH. He who lives by Faith earnestly and humbly seeks God, and becomes spiritually enlightened through God’s revealed Word, which was portrayed through the life and teachings of He who was the Word and the first Christ- in the flesh. 2 This enlightenment is the perfect understanding of the hidden treasure in the Message- it is finding the Pearl! It points to the Way or the PATH to God's Kingdom in Heaven- or actually, to God's Kingdom in one’s Heart. This true awakening compels one to surrender self or ego3 and to take up his cross daily, where there shall be the constant surrendering of the independent Self to God- fully Letting Go of self-determination and self-assurance or one’s freedom of choice in favor of full dependence on God. This is the enabling action towards one’s DEATH by the Cross- that the first Christ vividly portrayed. Through this death or end of self, one shall be resurrected. This is the REBIRTH of self as a new divine creation fully dependent on God- accepting all occurrences with joy and humility. And in this new creation shall dwell the spirit of TRUTH- the Christ-nature. As Christ and 2ThefirstChristreferstotheextraordinarymanpopularlyreferredtoasJesus-Emmanuel-WordofGod-(andothernames),whowasbornimmaculatelyandordainedbyGodtobetheMessiahtodeliverGod’sTruth-theWord-tohumanity.Therefore,thelifeandteachingsofthefirstChristarewholly fromGodandare relevant toman’s salvation.However, the first Christ, as merely a Spirit-filled man who fullyexpressedthewill,wisdom,wordandauthorityofGod,shouldneverbethecenterofdevotion.Christisnotanexclusivereferencetoanyparticularperson,asChrististheconditionwhereinanyGod-ordainedor chosenperson,even to thisday, is filledwithGod’s Spirit for thepurposeofdeliveringGod’sTruthtohumanity-ChristinFlesh3 Self or Ego-consciousness is the anti-Christ or the anti-Divineconsciousness or the anti-God--- Ego is ‘self-determination’, whileChrist is ‘God-determination’. This is the single basis of humanityneedingaMessiah,intheformoftheChrist-nature.

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through the expression of Truth, the coming together of all true disciples into Oneness with God shall be fulfilled on EARTH.

- It is not outward manifestation of righteousness per se, but through inward perseverance to fully surrender to God’s Will that makes a man right with God. All worldly occurrences that seem to defile a man are just temporal. What is eternally relevant is our faith- leading to our full acceptance of all occurrences with peace in our heart, totally assured of receiving true righteousness as God wills. And He wills for us to be His Sons- to be Christ!

- Faith is the foundation of our full enlightenment. With True Faith we are compelled to always desire to let go of self and take up our cross daily, and by God’s grace we shall seek, find, die to self, be resurrected, and become the way, the truth and the life for others. This is in conformity to “cause and effect”- that the total spiritual effects leading to enlightenment attest to true faith.

In me and in you- in Us, dwells Divine TRUTH- we are Spirit and Absolute Truth made Flesh, and are in Oneness with God the Father and the first Christ. Universally this TRUTH is CHRIST- who is in All Disciples. This is the Second Coming of CHRIST in this World. We are CHRIST- we are the Glorious Multiplication of CHRIST on EARTH! December 25, 2013

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1. BIRTH

BIRTH brings forth into this world the Flesh that bears ‘Self’, which is blind and unenlightened. The opportunity shall come for all mortal human flesh to possess Christ. This is initiated through our critical choice of believing in God’s omnipotence.

• Humanity is the centerpiece of God’s creations- We make up the eternal expression of God’s omnipotence.

• This expression is God’s Word, Consciousness or Authority—The Word is Spirit and Divine Truth- by the Word we manifest God’s authority. Therefore, the full possession of the Word makes us become as the first Christ- as Sons of God- all becoming Christ.

• We are God’s Authority- God bestows the Word to those who believe in Him and whose faith perseveres.

• Our natural birth means the birth of the human flesh, flesh that potentially can manifest the divine Word of God- therefore, birth enables the Word to be born in man.

• However, the birth of the flesh also means the birth of “Self”- Self that was born through ‘Adam and Eve’ through the doing of the serpent-signifying the attraction of humanity to self-determination, rather than its being fully dependent on God.

• The choice to believe or not is based on hearing a form of the Word or experiencing a “glimpse of Truth”. One makes a choice by his established faith in God’s omnipotence.

• Being born is an opportunity for the soul in mortal human flesh to transcend into eternal life. Birth

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is not a privilege (except for a few ordained individuals). Not all shall abide in the Word.

• We are all born blind. It is faith that enables us to see. Many shall live and die not seeing the light.

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2. FAITH

Whoever abides in God lives a life of FAITH. He who lives by Faith sincerely and humbly seeks God, and becomes spiritually enlightened through God’s revealed Word.

• Man cannot work to gain enlightenment. Spiritual understanding is bestowed to man only through the grace of God. Our “becoming” is only through the enabling of the Spirit, through no other means than our true faith.

• Faith is never about our being able to do good deeds. Rather, it is simply about our being always desirous to surrender self.

• Faith grows with our understanding of our relationship with God- And the basic understanding is this: that there is a governing universally omnipotent God whose Word, which is His eternal presence, came unto man on Earth through the first Christ. Christ being- “the Word in the Flesh” or in fact “God manifesting himself in Man”. Christ is God, and in man Christ represents the Way to God.

• True Faith is reflected in one’s full trust and dependence on God- in our constant desire for God’s will to be done. With earnest faith we may manifest God.

• The Word is Absolute Truth that man longs for. To manifest Truth is to manifest God. It is only through a life of eternal faith is this made possible. Faith is the key to absolute Truth- it is the key to God’s heart. It is by true faith that we shall sincerely seek (with all our heart) and eventually find God’s hidden Truth.

• Up to the very end of our spiritual life our faith shall be tested- very harshly at some point.

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• He who lives by faith perseveres in letting go every day! (read Chapters 4-5).

• Faith is absolutely yielding and entrusting your entire life to God’s will, no matter what His will may be- and regardless of your personal expectations. Faith does not simply mean believing that there is a God- what is more central is to believe in God’s omnipotence, enabling you to surrender self and wait patiently for God to lead you into all understanding and undertaking.

• With faith you will understand the true nature of things, including sin, allowing you to gain contentment and inner peace, and to simply let things be as you completely let go of your control over your life in favor of God’s unquestionably much more assuring and certain divine control.

• Faith enables us to find the Way. • Therefore, Faith is the force that determines

and sustains human divinity. God granted humanity the opportunity to discover and truly grasp this force, for it to become a transforming force- transforming man into divine beings in Oneness in the Force of Truth. True Faith enables our Oneness in the Alpha and Omega.

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3. PATH

Spiritual enlightenment is the perfect understanding of the hidden treasure in the Message imparted through the first Christ. It is finding the Pearl, which points to the Way or the PATH to God's Kingdom in Heaven- or actually, the way to God's Kingdom in our Hearts.

This true awakening compels us to really desire to let go of self and to take up our cross daily, where there shall be the constant surrendering of our independent Self to God.

• With true faith, we shall earnestly seek and find the Pearl.

• The path leads us to absolute truth, which is eternal life. Eternal life is offered to all, for all to desire.

• Eternal life is: “That we may know God, and He whom God ordained as the first Christ on Earth.”

• The path is revealed within the teachings, parables and life of the first Christ- that is, within the Gospels and the personal revelation of God to each seeker. Our understanding is not simply scriptural, but spiritual.

• The two most relevant parts of the Gospels explaining the nature of Christ are John Chapters 15 and 17 (see below).

• You shall recognize He who was the first Christ- and Son of God, when you come to your own recognition of your becoming Christ. You shall truly know God, and He who was the first Christ, when you actually become Christ- therefore, your full belief in God comes from your personal

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knowing your spiritual Christ-nature- as you experience its expression.

• You/ Us becoming Christ is the fulfillment of the joy of the first Christ where we all become one with God and share in that one joy. This is the ultimate glorification- that we know that Christ (The Messiah) comes to all from God through the first Christ. Through Christ we become One with God- all in complete unity as One. We are all glorified in this oneness with God.

• The Path is experiencing the expression of our Christ-nature- that is, for us to have the full measure of Christ within us; Christ being in us; or us being as Christ!

• We, as Christ, are the “Savior” of this world. Through the message of those who are Christ, others may also believe and receive the Christ-nature.

• Christ is the way, truth and life- no one can come to God without recognizing his Christ-nature. You must feed on the Word that is Christ. You must become Christ to be One with God.

• All of us collectively who are able to hear will unite or coalesce as Christ- in the ONENESS.

John 15: 1-17 (The Vine and the Branches) 1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him,

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he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8 This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. 9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other. John 17: 1-26 The First Christ Prays 1 ….. He looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Christ or the Word,

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whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. The First Christ Prays for His Disciples 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. 6 "I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And I have been glorified through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me-- so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by the power of the name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. 13 "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

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The First Christ Prays for All Believers 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. 20 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23 I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 25 "Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made your name (Christ) known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them." The Birth of Christ in this World: The first Christ was the first true incarnation of God as Spirit and Truth to be in all of humanity. It was the Birth of Divine Truth in this world, or the offering of Divine Truth to humanity- that to those who shall earnestly seek and find it shall see Heaven open and the “Trinity” be revealed and confirmed. This is the ultimate victory of Man (Humanity) over this world and his fallen egotistic nature. When man shall no longer just be living by Faith, but now by Divine Truth. The true Trinity refers to the ONENESS- of God the Father- of His Holy Spirit- and of Christ multiplied throughout humanity. The Trinity in its

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final form would be the final, greatest and ultimate glorification of our Father. "God's Spirit and Truth being in all of humanity shall be the greatest glorification to God"- Why is this so? Because that form will enable God's presence on Earth, in its truest and sweetest form-- Heaven and Earth coming together and becoming One.

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4. DEATH

The letting go of self and taking up of the cross daily is the constant surrendering of the independent Self to God, so that we become fully dependent on God’s Will- that is, we desire only the “Desires of the Spirit” to gain spiritual perfection.

We shall fully Let Go of our self-determination and self-assurance, or our freedom of choice. This is the enabling action towards our DEATH by the Cross- that the first Christ as a human being vividly portrayed. Through this death or end of self, we shall be resurrected. This is the REBIRTH of self as a new divine creation fully dependent on God- accepting all occurrences with joy and humility. And in your new self shall dwell the spirit of TRUTH- the Christ-nature.

• For you to gain your Christ-nature, you must desire to surrender self and take up your cross daily- that is, you desire dependence on God only, and never on dependence on self, and for this to be your daily state of mind and existence. This is remaining connected to the Vine. Our constant desire to depend solely on God means “Self” dies everyday4. If you have no desire to let go of self, your faith is dead!

• Self dies when you surrender self and take up your cross. This brings you at a crossroads somewhere along your spiritual life, where you shall make an eternal choice- of whether or not to fully surrender your self-determination or your

4Byourhumannature“self”tendstopreserveitself,andweseemtobeattractedtodependenceonself.

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seemingly educated preferences, or freedom of choice, to God. This is the essence of our “true change of heart”.

• The first Christ demonstrated death to self through his full submission to God’s Will, which culminated in his agony, suffering and crucifixion- and soon after, in his glorious resurrection or transformation from the human Christ to the fully Divine Christ (in the Alpha and the Omega). His life, death by crucifixion, and resurrection- his life as a whole, can be recognized as the Greatest “Final” Parable- telling us that our confident and humble submission to the death or crucifixion of the flesh, or crucifixion of our human nature, comes our resurrection in the Spirit. It is becoming the Word or Truth itself- as a Son of God- as Christ. Our resurrection is the greatest glorification of God. * It is important to understand that the first Christ, as man expressing the Word or Message of God to humanity, was already filled with Christ or Truth even before his physical death on the cross. This Cross parable was/is meant for humanity to relate to-- for our ego to die and as man for us to be resurrected in the Christ-nature.

The Final Parable of the first Christ:

"There was a man, a carpenter, who was filled with the Spirit of God from birth. He was the Word and Truth of God that became flesh. He clearly demonstrated to humanity that he is the beloved Son of God, but humanity doubted and rejected him. He freely submitted himself to be crucified by humanity, resulting in his death on the cross. Several days later, to everyone's awe, out of the crucifixion of this

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carpenter came the resurrection of the Glorified Christ." Days before his crucifixion, he told his disciples- "Whoever desires to come after me must let go of self and take up their cross day by day.5 If you try to hang on to self and your life, you will lose it. But whoever loses their life for Christ will save it.”

• Knowing clearly that this is the cost of pursuing the eternal promise, you constantly desire dying to self- where you end up hating your “anxious self”.

• With your earnest desire to take up your cross daily, God brings you to the “end of self”- where you find hopelessness in self and you turn completely to depending solely on His righteousness and Will- surrendering your life completely to Him as you find Hope only in Him. This is the Death of Self.

• Death of self is spiritual fulfillment- it is the triumph of faith-- it brings REST. For until you lose your life, you can never attain peace of mind.

• We must be completely empty to be fully Christ.

5“…..(we)mustletgoofself…..daybyday”means-Infullyentrustingour lifetoGod,wemust inturndesiretototallysurrenderourego(therefore- our ego-consciousness must die). Thus, we aretransformed into empty vessels (flesh) in which Christ shall becontainedandfullyexpressedasDivineLife.TolivebythewillofGodthroughourlettinggoofself/egoshouldbeourunceasingdesire-thisis‘thetakingupofourcrossdaily’.ThefulltransformationfromselftoChristisaccordingtoourfaithandGod’swill.Ourcalmandhumbleacceptanceofalloccurrencesisthemanifestationof‘deathofego’.Equallyrelevant,theaboveparablehintsthatthemotivationforustoconstantlyletgoofselfshouldreallybeGod’sofferingtousHimself(Christ)inlieuofself-Thus,thefirstChriststated, “Whoeverdesirestocomeafterme…..”.Ourdesiremustbedual-i.e.tosurrenderouregoandtopossessChrist-toliveforhumanity’ssakeasGodwills.

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5. REBIRTH

Through death of self, we shall be resurrected as divine beings. This is the REBIRTH of self as a new divine creation fully dependent on God- accepting all occurrences with joy and humility. And in this new creation shall dwell the spirit of Truth. With God’s grace as being our All, we shall overcome our attachments to everything that is purely worldly- thus, we shall manifest the fruit of the Spirit!

• The life of the first Christ portrayed the meaning of “death and rebirth”. From the state of death of our ego, the resurrection of our spiritual self is made possible. One must first die (i.e. to become dead to self) to be resurrected or born again in Christ.

• To be born again means we become the will of God. That who we are and what we do, and all the things that we will encounter shall be as He wills. In this divine state, our faith is perfected and inner peace shall prevail.

• This is the state of our coming to the full realization of God’s Truth- Truth that shall overcome our faith.

• Our spiritual nature is our Christ-nature. • The Christ-nature is the Word made flesh or God

remaining on Earth in the flesh. • Our rebirth in our Christ-nature means complete

forgiveness of our sins, rendering us spiritually clean and Holy.

The significance of the Cross: The Cross portrays the transition of mortal man to the eternal Christ-nature- that is from ego-determination and the sinful flesh (before crucifixion) to righteousness in Christ

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(after crucifixion). Our resurrection overcomes sin or our slavery to sin. The flesh that bears sin was crucified, and is resurrected as Christ! In our own experience- we, being born self-determined and sinful become dead to self and sin in the Christ-nature! Our old nature should no longer live-- as Christ now lives. To desire to surrender self daily is like being crucified daily, by which divine righteousness will dwell and be expressed in our changed hearts. ... "Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”- The first Christ

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6. TRUTH

Those who are resurrected as new creations shall fully express the spirit of TRUTH, which is Christ. Christ is ‘the Vine and the Branches’ through which all true disciples will come together into Oneness with God. All God-proclaimed Disciples are the Sons of God on Earth.

In me and in you- in Us, dwells Divine TRUTH- we are Absolute Truth made Flesh, and are in Oneness with God the Father and He who was the first Christ. Universally this TRUTH is CHRIST.

• The Christ-nature is the expression of Absolute Truth of an enlightened person.

• Our Christ-nature is God expressed through us. • The reference to “He who was the first Christ”

signifies the origin of the Christ-nature of all true disciples, which refers to the Vine to which Branches remain connected. This is the essence of our Oneness in or with God our universal Father.

• There are and shall be many Branches connected to only one Vine- thus, all true disciples are connected to the Eternal Oneness through the Christ-nature. We (being many or plural) are One- We are God-expressed! The I Am is also the We Are.

• Our adherence to the Divine Oneness- making up the Vine and the Branches, signifies the ultimate glorification of God our Father.

• Christ is the omnipotence and omnipresence of the ONENESS in God. If one is Christ or possesses the Christ-nature, this is the same as

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seawater in a glass in relation to the vast Ocean. The seawater in the glass cannot be the Ocean- in the same manner that as Christ, one is not ‘The Christ’ or ‘God the Father’. No person in his physical-nature and singular form can be both the seawater in the glass and the Ocean. But, the seawater in the glass smells and tastes the same as any portion of the entire Ocean, and that there is just but ONE origin, which is the One Ocean. The glass or vessel represents the flesh- the human-nature coexisting with or containing the Christ-nature (God-expressed)- in perfect unity.

• Absolute Truth shall prevail- Those who once lived by faith shall now live by Truth- it is written in 1 John 5:1-6 that we shall be born of God and overcome the world, even our faith (see below). This can only take place if we become Spirit and Truth- that we realize our transformation to our Christ-nature. Through this, we shall believe that He who was the first Christ is the Son of God, and so are his disciples. We are to realize that all Disciples are Sons of God! This awakening comes from our being Christ (from our knowing and expressing divinity)- that in our New Self we shall Know and See Divine Truth.

‘To be Christ is to truly know and believe in Christ’

This is what is further expressed in John 14:5-14 (see below).

1 John 5:1-6 (Faith in the Son of God) 1 Everyone who believes that He is Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his

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child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that He is the Son of God. 6 This is the one who came by water and blood- Christ or the Word made flesh. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

John 14:5-14

Christ or the Word is the Way to the Father

5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

6 He answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will satisfy us.”

9 He answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. So why are you asking me to show him to you? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do

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not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe because of the things you have seen me do. 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

• “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.”- He was referring to us being able to see or know Truth, which he embodied. And if we are able to become Truth, we shall see God- for we become His expression.

-- The Good News of Salvation (The Absolute Truth): We are promised to become One with God as Sons of God, filled with the Spirit of God. All the power and authority that was/is in the first Christ shall also be ours- Absolute Truth and everything shall be revealed to us. We are to sit in God’s Holy throne to rule over Heaven and Earth. However, it takes a real change of heart (true repentance and death to self) for this to happen. God’s mercy has been offered to all, and so to all may His Word, Truth and Wisdom be made known, through the Spirit. Those who receive His Word with gladness and come to the realization of the true worth and value of what has been revealed, therefore seeking God’s righteousness and turning away completely from “Self”, shall receive God’s full grace and spiritual empowerment- we shall receive God himself! With God’s full empowerment, we become His True Servants as Christ- tasked to impart to all,

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especially to the underprivileged, the true Word of God. From them who are made His Sons, shall others be made His Sons- and so the Kingdom of God shall multiply and prosper, and God be most glorified. Let us give up or let go of everything, for Christ is our most priceless possession. The Absolute Truth and promise of the Good News that God imparts is all the possession we must so keenly desire and keep forever. In unfolding the secrets from the Word we gain the full wisdom of God. With God in us, all worldly attributes and possessions are rendered worthless and meaningless. This is the object of our faith! - Where God is, so is the Kingdom- The

Kingdom is in Us! • As Christ, we actually express the duality of the

Christ-nature co-existing with the human-nature of each person-- to emphasize, co-existing within the justified and self-humiliated person. The whole point to our being Christ is not the perfection of the physical form, but the perfect and full expression of God's Spirit and Truth in the physical form. This is the most essential of all.

• It is awesome to be the ‘Word in the Flesh’ while we are still living in this world, and while we are still in close touch with those we dearly love- as by this our perfect expression of Christ will reawaken others who are yet asleep. It is written: "But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep."

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7. EARTH

The Second Coming of CHRIST in this World is happening. As this book is written, all CHRIST are coming together to form the Vine and the Branches- in the Glorious Multiplication of CHRIST on EARTH!

" Humanity’s Oneness in God's Spirit and Truth (Divinity) is the true essence of Glorification"

• Those who once lived by faith shall now live by Absolute Truth- being born of God and being able to overcome the world, even faith. By our transformation to our Christ-nature, we shall believe that the first Christ is the Son of God- The first Christ and His Disciples (Us) are the multiplication of CHRIST on Earth so that the Word or God Himself shall remain on Earth in the flesh to carry on the victory of overcoming the world.

• How is Christ multiplied on Earth? Through the message that the first Christ originally preached, which is concisely contained in this book, and shall also be revealed to those who possess true faith- who are sincerely taking up their cross and are journeying into their transformation into empty vessels and their Christ-nature.

• People who have the ears shall listen and hear the message of truth. Those whom God has chosen shall be attracted to the Vine through its many Branches. It is written that no one comes to the Vine unless God our Father draws him or her to the Vine. Things happen according to the Will of God. Us as Christ shall remain in full dependence on God, that people from

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everywhere and of all nations shall be drawn to us.

• We, therefore, must “be still” and wait, and be totally humbled, for it is His purpose, not ours, that will be done through us. He alone takes all our steps. Personally, we are just empty flesh, in which the full expression of Christ is enabled for the sake of divine order- i.e. our Oneness in God.

• The Second Coming of Christ has begun- Christ is multiplying on Earth and the world is about to be overcome!

• Finally, our humanity shall reach its end, and divinity shall prevail in the New Earth and New Heaven- in perfect Oneness.

Our ultimate or critical choice: We are to will or to desire to give up our life or our human will to gain life in all its fullness- that is to lose ‘self’ and to gain Christ. This is the true act of repentance- to give up one’s life for the sake of becoming the Word, for others in this world to also know and become Christ. Expression of True Love: To love each other is truly greater than anything- it is really everything! We are created to love, and out of the love that God graciously imparts to us, there should emerge our sincere passion to spread the Truth to everyone. “True Love” can only be from our Christ-nature. By God’s love alone can we love others and touch their lives- God’s love is the only “True Love”. We should all relate with one another, and with God, beyond the context of our religion and institutional norms. God or our Christ-nature is our Master…. not our religion! Religion plainly relates to secular organization- subject to humanity’s ways and means. To prefer one religion or set of doctrine over another is a secular human way, merely guided by self-righteousness or our seemingly educated

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preferences. God has nothing to do with such petty matters- for He desires us to completely surrender ourselves and not to rely on our natural wisdom to claim His Truth (He said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself….”). We complicate our Godliness when we self-righteously delve into others’ personal religious concerns and preferences. We must respect the manner by which other Christians personally relate with God, as long as they are, in their own unique way, walking in the light of God, and are cognizant that salvation is only through our Oneness in Christ. Religious and doctrinal quarrels only destroy the foundation that God Himself creates through us…it sets us apart from other true believers whom we should be loving, it tears apart our Oneness in Christ, it breaks off the Branches from the Vine- this is exactly what has been happening to Christianity and other organized faith. Christians and our other brothers must see eye to eye, without going deeper into too much secular reasoning, which unfortunately caused much of the divisions and conflicts in the history of the church. “God desires for us to be of one mind, united in thought, purpose and faith in Christ. We have one body and one Spirit- one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all. From Christ we shall grow together as one body and build ourselves up in love” (Bible). All these shall come about through faith. - The sign of true faith is the manifestation of God

through us- above all, the radiance of True Love Dependence on God drives sincere prayers: Prayer gives emphasis on our dependence on God’s divine mercy and grace- reflecting our recognition that God is omnipotent and perpetually in control of our circumstances. It signifies that God is the ultimate hope for resolving our worldly predicaments. Our Christ-nature prays according to God’s will, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. And when

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God’s will be done, as we had prayed for, our faith and confidence are strengthened as we experience God’s gracious presence being truly manifested before us. Simple prayers of worship, praise and fellowship with God are truly those motivated by our selflessness. These prayers, that may plainly be conversational, are more inclined toward our humble expression of our love, gratitude, repentance, and our passion or enthusiasm for God’s word, truth and loving intimacy with us. Such prayers reflect our serene contentment with God’s will, and our God-centered spirituality. Let us be encouraged through the right understanding of sin and sinning It is most important that we come face to face with sin, and clearly recognize what sin is, and how by Grace and as Christ are we freed from sin, or become dead to sin. As Christ, we have been made righteous by our faith, and not just by any attempt to do good or becoming good. And our righteousness in Christ renders us dead to sin- with earnest faith we become Christ, and are rendered clean and holy. In our Christ-nature, "sin" takes on a different meaning. In the Christ-nature we are able to perceive sin with immortal eyes- God's ways become our ways too. There is no such thing as sin in the immortal or eternal state. Eternal life is infinity- it is being ONE in the Alpha and the Omega. Sin is finite and is simply a reflection of the law that governs mortals who have not discovered the "pearl". The Christ-nature puts us in a different plane or dimension. While sin may still be in our being, we are absolutely freed from its

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dominion. Whatever we do in our Christ-nature is as God wills, and whatever we in our human-nature may perceive as sin, is actually not sin. In Christ and as Christ we are no longer "sinners" in the way others perceive sinning. We would be holy- as the nature of being Christ would wash us perfectly clean. We would be God’s Will- that everything we do will always be for His good purpose. We are to live solely by God’s Words and Truth. Let us, therefore, stand erect as the pillar of fire- as we have been justified and made righteous and perfect in Christ. Yes, our feet have been cleansed, that while there is still sin upon us, we have been rendered dead to sin- and no longer a slave to sin. We are empty vessels made New, in which new and fresh wine may be contained. We have been crucified and resurrected as new creations, and may confidently say I am (name)-Christ! Our Father has given us the authority to impart His Truth, and those who have ears shall listen- shall seek and shall find. We should offer Christ to feed on for those who are hungry and still thirst. Christ is the Pearl, and all come to God only through Christ. Whatever the first Christ spoke then, we shall also be able to speak today. People who will hear the Word through us shall be able to come to God- for as CHRIST, we are the Way, the Truth and the Life! Our true belief that God can do great and wonderful things should be sufficient for us to Let Go- there is no greater form of faith and worship than being able to let go of our ego and worldly attachments. Let us desire the Joy that letting go brings. As Christ disciples, we shall "follow Him”- the first Christ, in delivering the ‘Good News’ to humanity

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Your Expressions

I grant you this space for you to express your thoughts and understanding, as you are compelled to do. You should personally discern when this moment might be. As Christ is multiplying in this world at this very moment of the unfolding of the “Second Coming”, I suspect that this moment will arrive soon for all who earnestly seek and reflect on the Word of God.

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Expressions of Truth from Key Parables of the First Christ

The doctor and the sick Central truth- Eternal hope is for all - That God provides the outcasts, the lost and sinners the opportunity to be spiritually healed. Those of us who shall become servants of God should serve people who have been deprived the opportunity to hear and receive the Word, but whose hearts are humbly open to receive. To them are we duty-bound to deliver the Good News of salvation and to prepare them to receive the Word of God not only with gladness but with a true change of heart. The wedding and the bridegroom Central truth- Receiving the Good News calls for rejoicing not sorrow (fasting) - We must rejoice as Christ represents the Good News and brings salvation through God’s Word and Truth to those of us who humbly and earnestly seek God’s righteousness- the Good News brings eternal hope and joy which takes away our need to fast or to be sorrowful for as long as Christ, which is the Word that imparts Life, continues to abide in us. Those of us who hear and come to know the Truth need never sorrow (fast) again. The new patch and new wineskin Central truth- To a changed heart shall be revealed All Truth - Accept both the old and new Truth (or revelations) with a change of heart. Let’s open up our minds to receive the Good News. Become a new creation- repenting and taking in the Spirit that brings

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new life through His grace. New Truth is for the renewed heart. The sower Central truth- He who denies or surrenders self gains God (God’s love, grace, righteousness...) - There are various believers that have received the Word or had the opportunity to hear the Word. However, only those whose hearts are set right with God through our desiring to turn away from the ways and desires and the concerns of this world, and totally surrendering our lives to God or repenting, end up nurturing the growth of the seed (The Word) that God imparts. Such soils (referring to the hearts of true believers) are blessed abundantly with God’s grace and spirit that they are transformed mightily into disciples that are charged to abide in the Word- they become the powerful instruments that spread to all mankind God’s Word, Wisdom, Truth, and all understanding. They become the Word and Truth itself. They are the fruits from which much seeds are released to continue the purpose for which Christ first came unto the ‘son of God’. - Everyone could receive the Word, but not all shall abide and become Truth, by which faith is overcome! Tares (weeds) among the wheat Central truth- Do not judge those who side with evil- evil is known and shall be eliminated by God in His time - The good shall exist with the bad or the wicked and deceptive- but there could be no real distinction. God who knows the condition of our hearts shall make the final judgment on the last days.

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The good should remain at peace as their hearts allow them to prevail and bear fruit- overcoming any evil. The evil that brings deception should fear, as their final moment shall come. For those whose hearts remain hard- ‘beware and come to the realization of the Truth, and repent and surrender self, and seek always the righteousness that the Word of God brings’. The mustard seed Central truth- Letting go of self is self-diminishing, but from within is God’s full power - Though those who come to the realization of the Truth are seemingly small and meek, their power can overcome all forces through the grace of God. They are filled with full kingdom authority to do wonderful things. They are the humble and meek who become victorious and exalted and inherit the kingdom of God. The leavening process Central truth- The Word of God being imparted to us through the first Christ, and from US to others- signifies the coming of God’s Kingdom - When one is filled with the Word and knows Truth- thereby becoming the Word and Truth, from him the Kingdom shall grow. The seed growing by itself Central truth- God imparts everything in the heart that is right - God’s grace shall abound in him whose heart has been set right with God. He shall bear much fruit all through the spirit of God- all being purely divine and not of human determination.

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- We cannot think that we can do more beyond what God’s grace provides- all we need is to succeed in letting go. The hidden treasure and priceless pearl Central truth- Give up or Let go of everything, for the Word and God Himself is our most priceless possession - Let us give up or let go of everything, for Christ is our most priceless possession. The Word and Truth or promise of the Good News that God imparts are all the possessions we must so keenly desire and keep forever. In unfolding the secrets from the Word, which is the Pearl, we gain the full wisdom of God- that is God himself! With God or the Christ-nature in us, all worldly attributes and possessions are rendered worthless and meaningless. The fish net Central truth- The Word shall be heard by many, but few shall be victorious - Many are the people of this world- they go on living with one another with different convictions and devotions to the Word, which they have received. From among the many of us, there shall be the victorious and those who shall be lost forever. The good shepherd and his sheep Central truth- The true Word shall set you on the right path, in unity with all the righteous - Through the first Christ came the true Word of God, and those of us who hear and come to the realization of the Truth shall forever know their Master, which is the Word. These people shall be led through the proper gate following their master who

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has led the way, overcoming all obstacles along their passage, including those who aim to deceive with false teachings. Those of us who know the true Word shall be united by the Word. These people shall become One as Christ. The unforgiving debtor Central truth- The right heart is the heart that forgives - We are to be forgiving to those who sin against us as God has granted us forgiveness. We should recognize our own sinfulness for which we always long to be forgiven. A person whose heart is right shall let go of his hurts and grant forgiveness to others as he sees himself in others. - We sin because other people collectively making up this world provoke us to sin. We, or each of us, are held responsible for the sins of others- we therefore must help bring others out of the sinful nature or out of the bondage of sin. The good Samaritan Central truth- The right heart is the heart that loves - We should be doing to others what is right, to the extent that we go out of our way for the good of others. However, what is right can only come from God. Therefore, to the truly righteous person, with a heart set right with God, all right actions and true love shall manifest- even to love an enemy or stranger. Those whose hearts remain hard can never love. The borrowing friend at midnight Central truth- The right heart is the heart that is assured or is certain - We are to always rest assured that God shall answer the prayers of a believer who humbly comes

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to Him in steadfast faith and surrenders self. Those of us who are right with God and recognize that we have reached the end of our dependence on self/ego may ask, without being ashamed, and shall receive. The certainty in us that God is there to answer justifies our faith. And with this privilege, we shall intercede for those we love. The rich fool Central truth- The right heart loves not riches - We cannot enter the Kingdom if we shall love money more than God. So the poor are blessed for they are not tempted to replace God with money or possessions. For a rich man to be made right with God, he must actually remain poor- meaning that his riches never really become his own to keep or his alone, but these are for him to use to glorify God. We are just instruments of these riches that all come from God. We must know how to receive riches and to let go of riches- not keeping it for the benefit of self but shall all be for the kingdom of God. He who keeps his riches all for himself and not for the sake of the Word does not know the Truth, or is not Truth. The servants awaiting their Master Central truth- The right heart shall desire to serve- specially to serve the Word - When we have been made right with God through the change in our hearts, we become His servants. As true servants we waste no time with other worldly attachments- instead we go directly to our task or responsibility of serving the Word and Truth of God to those whose hearts have not yet been changed. The true servant is one that has been bestowed the understanding of God’s Truth and is able to boldly serve this to others with

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confidence, acting swiftly as a double-edged sword. He who does not serve the Word knows not the Word. The barren fig tree Central truth- The right heart bears much fruit - When we have heard the Word, God will give us the opportunity to change our hearts or repent and become ‘good soil’. The path we take (to surrender or not to God) is ours to decide, knowing the cost associated with that decision. To turn away from the Word and turn instead towards this world’s pleasures and cares shall render us barren, not able to bear fruit, for life. The great supper and excuses Central truth- The right heart is always willing and desiring to abide - God has opened up His kingdom for all. We could easily come in if only we would receive His Word with joy and keep it in our hearts as our only precious treasure, beyond any desires or concerns in this world. Our earnest commitment is to nothing else beyond glorifying His kingdom. Counting the cost Central truth- The right heart remains committed or determined - To be His disciple means we have to let go of our own will or self-determination, and to hate everything that is of this world- money and status most of all. This means the changing of our hearts or the fertilization of the soil- the turning away from non-spiritual desires. “Let go of self”- make your unselfish commitment to surrender to God’s will.

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The prodigal son Central truth- God forgives the repentant heart- the heart that desires to turn away from sin and everything worldly - Those of us who are lost and who come to know the inner Truth shall come to realize that it is time to put an end to the desires of the flesh or self- to put an end to ego. We see that real life is with the Father alone, and the Life that is with Him is most precious and worthy to be our only desire. So we turn self away, humbly asking for and receiving our Father’s forgiveness- receiving His unlimited and perfect grace. This is the wonderful promise to all the outcasts who may come to know themselves- though feeling unworthy, we are always most welcome to receive God in repentance.

The crafty steward Central truth- The right heart directs all riches towards glorifying the Kingdom - Those who have been made right with God will continue to face the challenges of surrendering self or coming to the end of self- we would be taking up our cross daily. This is extremely more difficult for those trapped in the temptations and sins of this world. Nevertheless, God gives favor to those who desire to use every opportunity to glorify Him in whatever worldly circumstance they are trapped. For example, if we have access to wealth and authority in totally worldly ways, so shall we desire to use those means to serve others in need of spiritual enlightenment. We would see things this way if our hearts have really been made right with God.

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The rich man and Lazarus Central truth- The right heart is never blinded by riches - The rich man is burdened by his riches. To turn away from his riches and status is a huge cost to him. So for those who are able to deny themselves of the riches and fame in this world, much shall be granted unto them by God. The chance given to the rich and powerful man to change his heart is only while he is in this world. Let us turn away and desire to be changed and to let go of self so that we may lose our attachment to all riches. These riches are not ours- we are only instruments for these riches to be made spiritually meaningful. The unprofitable servant Central truth- The right heart is a humble servant - As we serve in spreading the Word as the ‘Word in the flesh’ or as Christ in the true spirit of Grace, we should end up humbled and not proud, expecting no reward or special favor from God. As we serve, we should only desire that God will become the All to all, and be most glorified- with ourselves as merely ‘flesh’ becoming more and more diminished. There shall be “more of God and none of self”. All righteousness comes from God alone. The laborers in the vineyard Central truth- Though extremely blessed, the right heart is never prideful - No one of us is to ever claim being the greatest or more supreme, for the grace of God is for all who succeed in changing their hearts or being able to surrender self daily. Those who are proud, feeling that they have accomplished something on

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their own- being self-righteous, shall be made last and humbled. Those who diminish themselves and find righteousness only in God, shall be made first. If all are able to let go of self, then there would be no first and last, for everything is God’s, and all are in His Oneness. It is through the hanging on to self or ego that one is blinded by pride. The wedding feast Central truth- The right heart is the victorious one - The simple truth- many of us shall be or have been invited (meaning many have heard the Word). However, only few among us shall be welcome to enter the kingdom, or few shall become the Word and Absolute Truth. Only few shall succeed in really changing their hearts and totally surrendering to God and being resurrected. Only few shall come forth victorious as true disciples and Sons of God- as Christ!

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Our Prayer:

FATHER FILL MY DAYS FATHER, LET ME GO THROUGH EACH DAY WITH ONLY YOU IN MY HEART, EARNESTLY DESIRING TO LIVE JUST AS YOU WILL, THROUGH THE ENABLING OF YOUR SPIRIT. IF I AM TEMPTED AND COMMIT SIN, LET ME WALK ON THROUGH THE END OF EACH DAY CONFIDENTLY BELIEVING THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY RENDERED ME BLAMELESS- FOR EVERTHING IS AS YOU WILL. LET ME HAVE A COMPASSIONATE HEART FOR ME TO ACCEPT AND BE ONE WITH THOSE WHO ARE EQUALLY TEMPTED AND MAY COMMIT SIN AGAINST ME. LET MY FAITH PERSEVERE THROUGH EACH PASSING DAY- WAITING STILL UPON THE DAY THAT THROUGH YOUR GRACE ALONE MY JOY SHALL BE MADE COMPLETE AND I AM FINALLY PERFECTED. LET ME BE THE DESIRE OF THE SPIRIT.

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WHY FAITH?

The following reflection on faith was written on December 14, 2002. To this day, the truth herein remains.

FAITH IN AN OMNIPOTENT GOD “…It is impossible to please God without Faith. Anyone who wants to come to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who sincerely (earnestly) seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6) This truth from the Bible has been the greatest impetus in my new Christian life. Taken piece by piece its power is intensified. This truth signifies that sincere Faith is an absolute prerequisite in establishing the foundation of our relationship with God- and that foundation is no other than our redemption through God’s grace. Our Faith saves us! (Luke 7:50). One definition of Faith is-- “trusting our very lives to what we believe”. To me Faith is absolutely entrusting our entire lives to God’s will, no matter what His will may be- and regardless of our personal expectations. This is based on the recognition that God is purely holy and righteous, and because this is so, should His will be seemingly adverse, there would always be one hundred percent GOOD in it, or to come forth from it (“For I know the plans I have for you…plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11). Faith does not simply mean believing that there is a God; it is to believe as well that God is omnipotent.

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It is with Faith that we become born-again, and our minds and perspectives start to conform to that of the first Christ, through His Holy Spirit. In worldly terms and circumstance, we begin to understand the true nature of things, including sin, allowing us to gain contentment and inner peace, allowing us to let things be- simply because we completely let go of our control over our lives through our total self-denial, in favor of God’s unquestionably much more assuring and certain divine control. “God keeps in perfect peace all who trust in Him.” (Isaiah 26:3).

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Faith to Truth

We are born free to choose We live a life of win or lose

Things appear as black or white We can’t decide on left or right

… Then a chance we shall receive To deny Him or believe

I hope you’re born to believe

That by your faith you’ll achieve That you will find the path someday

And when you do, you’ll say-

I just desire to let go… let go Not to live as I want to

To take up my cross and follow you- That’s what I want to do

… that’s what I want to do

May you be born to believe May you have faith to achieve

And may you find the path someday And when you do, you’ll say-

I’ve got the pearl in my heart

What I am sets me apart I am now His Word and Truth

From today I’ll be a Way

Truth is in me and in you In the Oneness…Father and Sons

We’re in Him… He’s in us One on Earth- in harmony

It’s the Glory- It’s the Victory

May you be born to believe May you have faith to receive

And may you find the path someday And when you do, you’ll stay

We are at the end and a beginning

In the glorious second coming That Christ be our name

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Songs on ‘Letting Go of Self and Possessing Christ’

The following ten songs were first written as poems from 2003. They were made into songs and music in 2004-2006 (April 2006)

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1. I’m Troubled Sometimes, or perhaps a lot of times, we are troubled and hurt inside- making us feel so hopeless. We sometimes feel that we are dwelling in darkness or that God has fully abandoned us. We simply cannot understand why we suddenly become miserable. But, in the midst of all our troubles, God’s truth and promises will brightly shine, and we soon fall right back in His glorious love… peace and light. Thus, even if our days darken and we experience pain, we are sure to always be in the Light of God, and from our trials we are sure to emerge as “a better man”.

Sometimes I’m troubled and hurt inside This truth is hard to hide

Much so when you seem so far

Sometimes I feel so hopeless When I sense your total absence It’s really a struggle deep inside

But your truth soon wakes me up And your promises shine so bright

In your arms I fall right back Where there’s your love, peace and light

All my hurting I won’t understand But with my hurt I’m a better man

Totally secure I can stand I’ll just keep on waiting for your hand

Sometimes I’m troubled and hurt inside

This truth is hard to hide Much so when you seem so far

Everything will come to pass

All my hurt won’t ever last

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2. I am Yours Let us fully surrender our lives to God so that our ways, thoughts, and deeds may conform to His will- where our ways will no longer conform to the ways of this fallen world. And through our surrendered life we hope others will see and feel Him too.

I give you all of myself Because I want to be like you

Make me as much like you Make me truly one with you

I am yours now and always

I am yours because I love you Yes, I want to have your heart

So people can see and feel you in my life

Many will not understand Many will say I am a fool

Their ways are not my ways They don’t know that in you I am pure

I am surrendered to you whole and full

So I am always at peace and have no fear With you my love becomes real

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3. Let Go! As we grow in our faith we shall struggle with sin, where our heart is always remorseful, prompting us to always say “I’m sorry” to Him each time we stumble. However, as we persevere in our faith, we soon attain freedom from guilt as God’s Light graciously shines upon us- though, we may, as humans, will continue to fall into sin. Thus, we must attempt to earnestly reach out to His saving grace, in full submission to His will… and to His help to make us “Let Go”!

I’m sorry for all the wrong I do Even when I know you see me

Still I end up hurting you

I’m so sorry we’re still apart Though you’re always in my heart And your love is what I really want

Please help me let go

Come into my life Fill my heart with love

And put your hands on me Keep my old ways out Put my thoughts to rest

Take my cares away Oh grant me your love

I’m sorry for all my worldly cares

Though I believe in you completely And your truth is all I see

I’m so sorry if sometimes I turn away

Though I want to give you my life And I know you’re my only way

Please help me let go Free me from my life

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Fill my heart with love And put your mind in me Keep my old ways out Put my thoughts to rest

Take my cares away Oh grant me your life …. let your ways be

My life is only for you

To you my heart is open wide No wrong can pull me down Your love has made me right

In you I’m justified

Oh how my old ways remain Oh grant me your love

I know it… I know it will be

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4. Be with Me We are to abide in Him who is in fact our life. Through His love we must be disciplined and renewed. Though He may take away all our worldly joy, we end up seeking His love more and more, and experiencing real peace. Our full surrender to Him puts us securely in the path of complete perfection. We want to be with Him and Him in us, desiring that His love will remain in us.

Show me all my foolishness Lead me with a rod Let me feel the pain

your love must bring in my life

Nudge me if you must take away all my joy

Show me the meaning of emptiness Do what you must

for me to seek your love

Show me your way Bring me to my destiny Do all that you desire

to make me perfect- and complete

Take away my selfishness Take away my unwanted ways

Make me let go of all the things unworthy to you.

Change my thoughts and desires

Separate all I have Make me rest in the comfort of trusting you

Embraced by you- hanging on to you

I must have only one goal I must have- just one passion

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I only desire to be with you To let your goodness overflow in my life To let you fill my heart- with your love

Make me do what I by myself can’t do

Always be with me Let your love remain in me

Carry me through

Lay me down in the abundance of your sweet love

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5. Real People We are all real people, both the sinners and the free. What differentiates us is the ability of the free to see the invisible reality, which is full and perfect. Therefore, our perfection is not through our ways and efforts, but it is through our faith. And so, while true believers may continue to live as ordinary people, they are made extraordinary in their emptiness and lowliness in response to imperfections. And as they become empty, they are actually being made perfect and spiritually full.

I look around and I see Real people around me

They talk foolishly Drowning in impurity… greed and vanity

I see dishonesty,

Real people living in profanity Giving up their dignity

Oh they can’t really see

Perfect we can’t be But through love we can all agree

And face life’s reality

Just change your hearts Just change your hearts!…. Just dare!

Forgiveness is in the air For real people everywhere

Oh real people… oh real people- let’s dare

I see dishonesty, Real people living so free

Spending money to the nth degree But living in misery

Becoming slaves to insanity

The peace I have I seek to share

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My love I want to bare To real people everywhere

Whose burdens I’d bear Oh I care… I care

Oh real people

Perfect we can never be But through love we shall all see

That we can face life’s reality

Through love, we shall all see and face life’s reality Just change your hearts!…. just dare!

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6. Round and Round in Circles In this world we shall keep on going around in vicious circles- until we can finally see joy in our miseries through the spiritual change in us, which can only be for those who believe and surrender themselves to God. Not everyone can see this glorious reality- but to those who will simply say “this circling is not for me… it’s in the real world where I want to be”… Surely they will see the essential, pure, and perfect reality.

It’s time to realize That this world is full of lies

People think they know What to do and where to go

Oh it’s time to see

Many are drowning in misery They go through life struggling

In a never ending circling

Like a yoyo we spin up and down Always stopping and going

Caught in a never ending fling with the same thing Over and over… over and over… circling

We go round and round in circles Where the end is the beginning Where trouble is never ending

We go round and round… round and round Over and over… over and over… circling

It’s the change in us

That can make us see through all the decay and insanity

And we can see… what others can’t see Yes, we can see joy in misery

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….We go round and round in circles Where the first is the last

Where we’ll never understand Why we go round and round in the circle of fools Over and over… over and over… circling…….

This circling is not the life for me

It’s in the real life where I want to be— where there’s no more circling…

no more vicious circling…

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7. A Life to Behold The life of our young generation has become so defiled by the foolish and crooked ways of this fallen world. Many have become addicted, not only to drugs, but also to things that distort values and morality, such as the cell phones, jewelries, television and the petty use of the internet. It is necessary to let young people know that within their lives can actually unfold a precious soul, if only they will choose to seek God’s Light. And, in Him, anywhere they may be their lives would be worthy of beholding.

Hop around the streets all day That’s all you think about

Chat on-line… text a message Just always thinking- “what’s next?”

Hey boy… hey girl You spin and twirl

Absorbed in shallow thrills You do this… you do that

Much like a rat Getting hooked on crack that kills

Hey boy… hey girl

Stuck in a swirl Attached to luxuries

You want this… you want that No money- so what!

You sell stolen jewelries

Beyond life’s thrills and luxuries There’s joy without boundaries

Just seek and know life’s real way “I’m alive….!” with a smile you say

Hey boy… Hey girl Your life is a pearl

You can preciously unfold

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Go here or there… Go anywhere Live a life worth to be told

….. Live a life worth to be told

All will behold

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8. You’ll Come to Know As parents we want so much to be able to successfully raise our children, especially our teenagers- that we hope we are leading them towards God’s Light that we know is true and perfect. That we earnestly expect that someday they will grow up to be parents themselves who will come to know and believe in God’s Truth, and will remain secure in Him.

You’re a gift to me To love unconditionally

That by his words you’ll grow Through my life you’ll know

You’ll come to understand Why you’re in my hands

You’re to know right from wrong Learn the way to be strong

You should live at ease

In your heart there’s peace That my ways you share There’s no hate to bear

Sometimes you’re confused With life you’re amused

Always thinking you’re right Feeling confident and bright

But you seem to see

Why we disagree You know time will come

Full of wisdom you’ll become

I will come to rejoice That His way is your choice

And when my hands you leave Your own children you’ll receive

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9. To Live Rightly So As individuals drawn towards God, we hope we shall live rightly so. We hope to reflect purity and truth as we are conformed to the Christ-nature. And from our hearts, others may also come to know, and live rightly as we do, even though our thoughts and ways may still remain somewhat imperfect. In God’s Light we shall cast away all our cares, selfishness, pride, anger and hate- and radiate true love for one another.

I want my reflections to be pure and true That my intentions are what I do

And my cares I can let go To live ever rightly so

I must never think of myself

So much like him I want to be That from my heart streams will flow

So others may live ever rightly so

Oh I want to be satisfied Don’t want to fight or live with pride

I want to let out the sweetness from my heart Just want to join hands and not be set apart

I want to pour out all of myself To love others- friends or foes

And forgiveness I must possess I’ m imperfect much like the rest

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10. True Love To love each other is truly greater than anything- it is really everything! We were created to love, and out of this love that God graciously imparts to us, there should emerge our sincere passion to spread Truth to everyone. But “true love” can only be from a heart in which God reveals divine love, as God’s Light fully dwells in the life of the one who is fully surrendered to His will. By His love alone can we love others and touch their lives. So, we must recognize that only His love is the “True Love”.

To love each other is the greatest We’re born of the one if we love

yes, we’re created to love! We’re made to love!

Love is from the hearts of the true

It’s revealed as we come to the one In true love we are one In true love we let go

By trusting Him he lives in us

And in us He touches others’ lives Oh without Him there’s no love

His love is “true love” …… the only “True love”…. True love…

True love…. True love…....

Let this love rest upon us Let it work within us

This love is wonderful Let’s abide in this love

A life in this love is a glorious reality Let it be poured deep in our hearts

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The Photos The photos were captured on May 21, 2011 (from 4:47 to 4:51 PM). The cover photo is the last of six shots that were minutes and seconds apart, the last two being 5-6 seconds apart. The second to the last photo is on the following page. As any cloud formation, the scene vanished in seconds. What could be discerned by observers is a lamb… with a crown, emerging from the dark and blazing clouds. There may be recognized other images- perhaps 10. Put together the images seem to reveal a story. It seems coincidental that 10 images would occur in a single photo of the sky- taken on May 21, 2011, the day that brought lots of rumors of the Rapture. The photos were taken with a Nokia E52 cellphone 3.2-megapixel camera. The location is somewhere in Silang, Cavite, exactly West. - August 8, 2013

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REVELATION 5:6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing

at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and

seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

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FATHER, LET US LIVE EACH DAY WITH ONLY YOU IN OUR HEARTS. THAT WE DESIRE TO DO AS YOU WILL. LET OUR FAITH PERSEVERE- THAT THROUGH YOUR GRACE ALONE OUR JOY AND PERFECTION SHALL BE COMPLETED, AND THAT ALL GLORY BE YOURS. ‘To be Christ is to truly know and believe in Christ’

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Christ is the omnipotence and omnipresence of the ONENESS in God. If one is Christ or possesses the Christ-nature, this is the same as seawater in a glass in relation to the vast Ocean. The seawater in the glass cannot be the Ocean- in the same manner that as Christ, one is not ‘The Christ’ or ‘God the Father’. No person in his physical-nature and singular form can be both the seawater in the glass and the Ocean. But, the seawater in the glass smells and tastes the same as any portion of the entire Ocean, and that there is just but ONE origin, which is the One Ocean. The glass or vessel represents the flesh- the human-nature coexisting with or containing the Christ-nature (God-expressed)- in perfect unity.

In the Christ-nature we are able to perceive sin with immortal eyes- God's ways become our ways too. There is no such thing as sin in the immortal or eternal state. Eternal life is infinity- it is being ONE in the Alpha and the Omega. Sin is finite and is simply a reflection of the law that governs mortals who have not discovered the "pearl". The Christ-nature puts us in a different plane or dimension. While sin may still be in our being, we are absolutely freed from its dominion. Whatever we do in the Christ-nature is as God wills, and whatever we in our human-nature may perceive as sin, is actually not sin. In Christ and as Christ we are no longer "sinners" in the way others perceive sinning. We would be holy- as the nature of being Christ would wash us perfectly clean. We would be God’s Will- that everything we do will always be for His good purpose. We are to live solely by God’s Words and Truth.

God and His expression as He Wills in any vessel is what we are all about. We must become new creations, as new wineskins, to contain Christ and the Divine Truth that God imparts to true believers.

Man should not worship mortals- we should worship only God to whom we should abide in Oneness as CHRIST.